The Korean War In Photographs, Part III: A Soldier's Perspective
Feb 14, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire
  • Accidents involving gas stoves in Korea were common enough to warrant signs urging caution.
  • Dishes left after a meal.
  • Two soldiers with Thompson sub-machine guns. The photograph was titled "Guarding the Company Supply of Shovels and Beer Bottles."
  • The view from the high ground watching out over Canadian lines. Note the binoculars in the foreground.
  • Bell H-13 Sioux helicopters.
  • Explosions on nearby hills. It is unclear whether the positions are held by friendly or enemy forces.
  • A Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter.
  • A light aircraft flies low over UN positions.
  • Canadian soldiers with a captured DP-28 light machine gun.
  • Canadian soldiers with a Browning M2 heavy machine gun.
  • Canadian soldiers inspecting weapons.
  • Canadian soldiers inspecting weapons.
  • Canadian soldiers with a Browning M2 heavy machine gun.
  • A Sikorsky H-19 helicopter flies overhead.
  • Ron Carruth (left) and another soldier posing for a photograph.
  • Canadian troops inspecting weapons.
  • A group of Korean women standing near a Military Police jeep.
  • Food preparation close to the front lines.
Accidents involving gas stoves in Korea were common enough to warrant signs urging caution.
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The last in a three-part series, A Soldier's Perspective shows the Korean War through the eyes of Ron Carruth. These images demonstrate the many facets of war in Korea, from humour to equipment to combat.

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Sentimental Journey
Feb 14, 2013 Blog Andrea Quaiattini
  • Joy Loveridge and her husband, pilot Doug Loveridge.
  • Donald Crumb and his wife Georgina.
  • A telegram Bob Abbott sent back to Regina, Saskatchewan on Victory in Europe Day, 7 May 1945. Mr. Abbott met his wife Milly on V-E Day.
  • A telegram from Bob and Milly Abbott to Mr. Abbott's family in Saskatchewan announcing their wedding.
  • Bob and Milly Abbott with the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Dr. Lynda Haverstock, following a ceremony where Bob Abbott received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal at the Royal Canadian Legion in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 16 November 2002.
  • A telegram from Audrey and Kel Detheridge to his mother announcing their wedding on 12 August 1945.
  • Newspaper clipping and photo of Audrey and Kel Detheridge's wedding, in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 12 August 1945.
  • John Trull, Madge Trull and her sister Jean in London, England. A Spitfire pilot with 403 Squadron (Wolf Squadron), RCAF, John was sent overseas in June 1943 and was stationed at RAF Kenley. In February 1944, Mr. Trull was a mission with his squadron when his Spitfire ran out of fuel over Belgium. After gliding his plane down, Mr. Trull made contact with a family who then connected him with the Belgian resistance. Following a perilous journey through Belgium, Mr. Trull crossed into France on 6 June 1944. On 7 August 1944, after six months in occupied territory, Mr. Trull was flown back to England along with high-ranking military officials. He and Madge reunited that same day.
  • Madge and John Trull on their fifty-second wedding anniversary, 1996. Madge and John met in Bournmouth, England on 3 July 1943 at a dance hall; as Mr. Trull said in his memoirs, "she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen!" By Christmas, they were engaged. When Mr. Trull ditched his Spitfire in Belgium and began his long journey back, all Mrs. Trull knew was that her Johnny was missing in action. Indeed, Mr. Trull was unable to contact Mrs. Trull or his family in Canada until just prior to his return in August 1944. When the two were finally reunited near her WRENs quarters in Stanmore, England, his first words to her were, "when are we getting married?" She replied, "any time you want!" They were married 30 September 1944 and were happily for fifty-five years. As Mrs. Trull said, "we were in love, and loved each other the whole time."
Joy Loveridge and her husband, pilot Doug Loveridge.
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From Bob Abbott, who met his future wife in Dundee, Scotland on Victory in Europe Day, to Donald Crumb’s wife, Georgina, who wrote him hundreds of letters while he was stationed in southeast Asia, Memory Project veterans have shared some amazing and wonderful stories about the loves of their lives.

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Artefact of the Week
Feb 11, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire

Ruth Masters captures a photograph of Queen Elizabeth on her way to open a veterans' hospital in London, England, 1945.

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A Letter of Complaint: Discrimination in Second World War Canada
Feb 7, 2013 Blog Jill Paterson

Have you ever read something that made you want to stand up and cheer? I felt this way while reading about ex-serviceman Stanley G. Grizzle’s Second World War experience in the book, Rare Courage: Veterans of the Second World War Remember (2005).

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The Korean War In Photographs, Part II: Away From the Front
Feb 7, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire
  • Taking a train through the countryside.
  • Taking a train through the countryside.
  • Taking a train through the countryside.
  • Taking a train through the countryside.
  • Taking a train through the countryside.
  • Taking a train through the countryside.
  • Taking a train through the Japanese countryside.
  • A small village in the Japanese countryside.
  • Animals in a Japanese zoo.
  • Animals in a Japanese zoo.
  • Animals in a Japanese zoo.
  • Animals in a Japanese zoo.
  • Japanese schoolchildren.
  • Naval traffic in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • An American military vessel in a Japanese port.
  • An American military vessel in a Japanese port.
  • Shore facilities in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • Shore facilities in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • Shore facilities in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • A vessel docked in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • Shore facilities in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • Shore facilities in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • Shore facilities in a Japanese port, likely Tokyo or Kure.
  • Japanese civilians in Tokyo.
  • A movie theatre in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan.
  • A waterway in Tokyo, Japan.
  • A waterway in Tokyo, Japan.
  • A Japanese Buddhist temple.
  • A Japanese Buddhist temple.
  • A Japanese Buddhist temple.
  • A Japanese Buddhist temple.
  • A damaged steam locomotive.
  • A youth runs along side a train.
  • Youth selling items along the train tracks.
  • Youth selling items along the train tracks.
  • Youth selling items along the train tracks.
  • A terraced farm in Japan.
  • A terraced farm in Japan.
  • A rice farm in the Japanese countryside.
  • Mount Fuji, Japan.
Taking a train through the countryside.
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Part II of a three-part series, these photographs taken by Ron Carruth show the many facets of the Korean War. Canadian soldiers serving in Korea had the opportunity to go to rest areas or take leave, meaning they were permitted to take a short break from their duties. Leave served as a way to give soldiers, sailors and airmen an opportunity to relax from the stress of their wartime roles. Ron Carruth's images detail his travel in and around Japan along with various other leisurely activities. Stay tuned for Part III.

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Artefact of the Week
Feb 5, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire

Mr. Lester Brown in his Queen's Own Rifles uniform in 1944.

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The Art of War: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Feb 4, 2013 Blog Maddy Macnab
Lieutenant D. Alex Colville, War Artist, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, in Germany, March 4, 1945. Credit: Lieut. Barney J. Gloster / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-206003.

This month on our Twitter feed (@Memory_Project), we’re going to be putting the spotlight on Canadian war artists—past and present. Since Lord Beaverbrook established the Canadian War Memorials Fund in 1916, Canada has recognized the need to bear witness to the realities of war and conflict, and of the crucial role of the artist in doing so. Over the years, many artists have been commissioned to depict Canadian involvement in conflicts and missions worldwide; they have been faced with the question: what does war really look like? And their responses have been rich and wide-ranging

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The Korean War In Photographs, Part I: The War in Colour
Jan 31, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire
  • A water wagon and dish washing barrels at "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
  • Soldiers splitting rations at "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Korea, 1952.
  • The terrain surrounding "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
  • The terrain near "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
  • Troops, equipment and the hills around "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
  • A sunset photograph taken from Canadian lines during the Korean War.
  • A sunset photograph taken from Canadian lines during the Korean War.
  • Drum Major Mackie in full dress, circa 1952.
  • The regimental mascot being posed by a professional photographer (foreground), circa 1952.
  • Ron Carruth in front of his tent at "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
  • A soldier named Kindrat in front of a stores tent.
  • A field kitchen at a 1 PPCLI position.
  • The silhouette of hills against the evening sky in Korea.
  • The silhouette of hills against the evening sky in Korea.
  • A Korean civilian with two Canadian cooks. Circa 1952.
  • A soldier identified as Vizna with a captured Soviet or Chinese PPS type sub-machinegun.
A water wagon and dish washing barrels at "A" Echelon, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
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See the Korean War as experienced through the eyes of a soldier who was there. Ron Carruth took more than 200 photographs of his time with the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI). Part I in this three-part series shows the Korean War in colour.

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Mapping the Memory Project
Jan 28, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire

The Memory Project Archive has interviewed more than 2,500 veterans of the Second World War and Korean War from all across Canada. That can be hard to imagine, so check out this map to get a better idea!

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Artefact of the Week
Jan 28, 2013 Blog The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire

Flight Lieutenant Alexander Hunter next to his Spitfire aircraft. Westhampnett, England, Spring 1944.

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